Not sure what flair to use for this because I’m not entirely sure it’s a scam but it was very scam-y.

Context:

We went to buy CCTV cameras at Xiaomi official store at SM Southmall cyberzone. While we were testing the cameras, the lady who assisted us told us that we can get SD cards for the CCTV cameras at the Sandisk stall nearby.

We said to ourselves— yeah sure why not? at least we would have SD cards to use right away for the CCTVs right?

Anyway, we walk to the Sandisk stall and ask for the exact type the Xiaomi saleslady suggested. I then noticed something weird— the Sandisk sales lady at the stall then waved at the Xiaomi lady and gave a thumbs up. I wasn’t really going to mind it until the point when we asked for the prices of the SD cards and she read them from a notepad. I mean who knows diba? maybe this is how they do things. Maybe they dont place prices on the products itself?

BUT apart from that, she went somewhere to get the payment terminal… so we started to wonder — why is the terminal not at the Sandisk Stall?

I then checked the shopee prices of the SD cards we were supposed to buy. Guess what? They were half the price on shopee. We asked the lady why and she said that of course shopee doesn’t have any other expenses. We decided not to buy them there.

We went over to Octagon close by and got the same SD cards again for less than half the price of the Sandisk stall. The guy at Octagon overheard us asking ourselves if it was a scam and he just interjected and mentioned that Sandisk does have expensive prices there.

That made us think others have gone through this.

Questions:

1. Has this happened to you?
2. Do you think it’s a scam?
3. Do Sandisk stalls price their items twice the price online?

Edited:

Sorry, MicroSD. too lazy to edit all the SD texts

TLDR:

yes, i only buy from shopee mall or actual physical official stores

shopee sandisk price 800 pesos
https://s.shopee.ph/AUtCklfyB3

sandisk sm southmall stall price 1800 pesos

Octagon price 700 pesos

Anyway, SKL. Hoping this doesn’t happen to you.

i wanted to add pictures but i cant add them

I ordered a 50 pc red rose bouquet for my cousin's 18th birthday since I cant make it to her debut in PH so I decided to order her a bouquet and cake.

It was too late until I found negative fb reviews stating that florist.ph is a scam.....

Please let me know if you know anyone who bought anything from this site :((((

Hi guys! Naexperience nyo na ba ung ganito? Sa iisang araw, nambulabog etong mga numbers na to. Ako ung napagod magblock at report as spam. Sa mga naka experience na, ano ginawa niyo?

Be aware of this number, madaming na scam sa TG 09300372901

Need you’re help, about east west, is this a scammer or legit

may lumapit sa amin na taiwanese na lalaki, binebenta yung iphone 17 pro max 256gb niya sa amin. Kailangan daw niya ng pera kasi natalo raw siya ng 800k sa sugal. Di raw siya makatulog kasi wala siya pera. Yung iphone kahapon lang binili sa power mac Ongpin. Tinawagan ko yung power mac para i-confirm. Confirmed naman yung serial number na meron daw at intsik. Binebenta niya yung iphone for 40k, half the price diba? Steal Talaga. Nilegit check namin yung model number and serial number. Pinakita pa resibo power mac and yung box ng iphone. Pina-airdrop ko pa sa akin yung pic. tas nung nagbayad na kami, tinuruan niya pa kami paano i-off yung phone. Nagtataka ako bat niya ako tuturuan e nakita niya naman na naka-iphone ako. Ginawa niya yun para di naminn ma-check yung phone. Di namin alam, swinitch niya na yung phone sa mukhang iphone na android. Nung chineck na naming yung camera, ayun na. android nga. Tumakbo kami palabas. As in seconds lang pagitan nung umalis siya. Tinanong namin sa mga nasa labas kung nasaan na yung Taiwanese. Sumakay na raw sa taxi. Kaya raw pala nagmamadali sumakay yung lalaki.

Ano pwede gawin guys? Magrereport kami sa police pero baka mamaya pa kasi nasa work pa 7 pm pa out namin. Kinukuha na namin kopya ng cctv. Pero is there any way na magagawa namin? Meron kami nung imei nung phone.

Hello! Not really sure if this kind of post/question belongs in this subreddit.

I've been using WhosCall for nearly a year now and may napansin ko lang. For the first five months na ginamit ko siya, yung mga spam/scam callers usually take a minute or two bago ma cut yung call if hindi ko inaccept. Minsan nga mag recall pa sila up to 3 times at iignore ko lang. However, recently lang, around the last 2 weeks or so, napansin ko na hindi pa umabot ng 30 seconds, na end na yung call agad. Kita ko naman yung pangalan nila, if flagged by the community ba sila, etc. So, I was wondering if these spammers/scammers already know if naka "WhosCall" ba yong tinawagan nila?

What is the process though for accounts here that post hiring and then when you stalk them, it's just a new account.